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From the Ted Talk by Ken Chenault: How great leaders innovate responsibly

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As we're building companies, let's start at the beginning and say, "How do we build a more dsrviee workforce in that company?" "How are we thniknig about the environment?" So what's very inptmroat is, we can do a form, if you will, of socail due diligence, side by side with the financial due diligence. But what's important is, as we're building companies today, let's have a broader mesindt. Let's have a higher level of intentionality. And no one, I think, most people -- obviously, there's some eectpixons -- start off building a company, saying, "I want to build a company that will hurt people."

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As we're building companies, let's start at the beginning and say, "How do we build a more _______ workforce in that company?" "How are we ________ about the environment?" So what's very _________ is, we can do a form, if you will, of ______ due diligence, side by side with the financial due diligence. But what's important is, as we're building companies today, let's have a broader _______. Let's have a higher level of intentionality. And no one, I think, most people -- obviously, there's some __________ -- start off building a company, saying, "I want to build a company that will hurt people."

Solution


  1. mindset
  2. important
  3. diverse
  4. thinking
  5. exceptions
  6. social

Original Text


As we're building companies, let's start at the beginning and say, "How do we build a more diverse workforce in that company?" "How are we thinking about the environment?" So what's very important is, we can do a form, if you will, of social due diligence, side by side with the financial due diligence. But what's important is, as we're building companies today, let's have a broader mindset. Let's have a higher level of intentionality. And no one, I think, most people -- obviously, there's some exceptions -- start off building a company, saying, "I want to build a company that will hurt people."

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Important Words


  1. beginning
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  10. environment
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